Official Secrets Act 1920

Official Secrets Act 1920[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Official Secrets Act, 1911.
Citation10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 75
Dates
Royal assent23 December 1920
Commencement23 December 1920[2]
Repealed20 December 2023
Other legislation
AmendsOfficial Secrets Act 1911
Amended byOfficial Secrets Act 1989
Repealed byNational Security Act 2023
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Official Secrets Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 75) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Act was repealed by and replaced with the National Security Act 2023.[3][4][5]

In the Republic of Ireland, the Act was repealed by the Official Secrets Act, 1963.[6]

  1. ^ This short title was given to this Act by section 11(1) of this Act.
  2. ^ This Act came into force on the date on which it received royal assent because no other date was provided: Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  3. ^ "National Security Act Factsheet - Home Office in the media". homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ^ "National Security Act 2023: Schedule 18", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 11 July 2023, 2023 c. 32 (sch. 18), retrieved 20 December 2023
  5. ^ "The National Security Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 27 November 2023, SI 2023/1272, retrieved 20 December 2023
  6. ^ "Official Secrets Act, 1963 – section 3". irishstatutebook.ie. Government of Ireland. 5 February 1963. Retrieved 17 March 2024. The Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920, are hereby repealed.